Unless you live under a rock, you've probably heard that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged on Thursday—or at least, she announced it today.
"Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," the pop star captioned her Instagram post, which featured her football-playing fiancé down on one knee in some sort of whimsical garden setting.
While the caption was nothing short of insufferable, and I'll be the first to admit I'm not a Swift fan (and I hate the attention she has taken away from my football games over the last couple of seasons), I wish the couple well. Congratulations to them. I hope they live a long and happy life together.
But I don't want to hear about it anymore. I don't want to know every little detail about the moments leading up to this. I don't want nonstop speculation about the wedding details until the day of the big event, and then I don't want to see weeks and weeks of coverage of the "star-studded" spectacle that will most likely have nothing to do with two people committing their lives to each other and everything to do with public relations. (I mean, come on — don't tell me this announcement wasn't perfectly timed to coincide with the start of the NFL season and Swift's new album.)
As I'm writing this, the news has been public for about seven hours and I'm already sick of it. It almost makes me glad that my iPhone took a deep-sea dive into my swimming pool a few days ago because I'm largely incommunicado at the moment. Even so, the announcement has snuck its way into my orbit at an alarming rate.
Behind the scenes here at PJ Media, at least three of my colleagues have brought it to my attention.
I spent several hours watching Donald Trump's cabinet meeting this morning/early afternoon, trying to grab some real news stories to write up for y'all, and as soon as the press started taking press questions, one of the very first reporters broke the news of the engagement and asked the president his thoughts on it. He was gracious.
President Trump on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engagement: "I wish them a lot of luck. I think he's a great player. I think he's a great guy and I think that she's a terrific person, so I wish them a lot of luck." pic.twitter.com/xMd8wgMTZW
— CSPAN (@cspan) August 26, 2025
After the cabinet meeting, I stepped outside to feed my animals, and even my own father who lives with me was talking about it. Within the next few hours, it was everywhere, but I think my last straw was this social media post from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute.
Love is in the air 💕 Congratulations, Taylor & Travis! May your marriage reflect the love and devotion of President and Mrs. Reagan. pic.twitter.com/YopK9I10tr
— Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute (@RonaldReagan) August 26, 2025
According to Instagram, at around 7 p.m., over 20.6 million people have liked the announcement post since it went live sometime around noon or 1 p.m. today. The social media platform tells me that this includes 10 of my personal friends and several other noteworthy people, including Prince William and and Princess Catherine of Wales, which is ironic considering that a couple of hours ago I told our new managing editor, Chris Queen, that after a summer of hearing about how we want "no kings," it's starting to feel like we want some sort of American princess.
We do not. But it's giving me the same vibes I got from the United Kingdom when William and Kate got engaged or Prince Harry proposed to Meghan Markle, American Duchess of Nothing. The fangirls (and boys) are beside themselves, crying and acting giddy, as if they were the ones who got engaged. I've seen MSM headlines ranging from "Check On Your Swifty Friends Today" to "I Feel Like a Proud Mother." Get a hold of yourselves, people.
While I'm writing this article with my TV on in the background, both Bret Baier and Laura Ingraham have mentioned it on Fox News.
And as much as I'd like to say this is an issue reserved for the loony lefties, it's not. I've seen far too many conservatives on X today posting about how this is a turning point for the country, how young girls and women should now look to Swift as a role model and decide that they, too, want to get married and have babies. First of all, I think young women should do whatever the heck they want without the influence of any celebrity, and second of all, I don't have a daughter, but if I did, I'm not sure this is the gal I'd want them to look up to for advice on life, regardless of whether or not a football player put a ring on it.
Better yet, I don't think I'd want any young woman in this country or the entire world looking up to this particular person. I mean, she called Kamala Harris a "gifted warrior" and thinks Tim Walz is a champion for women.
As for the reporter who shared the news with Trump today... look, I get it. In this business, you spend half your time torn between reporting the story you're passionate about and want to share with the world and reporting the story that you know is going to get attention — the one that gets you paid. So, I won't dump on her for that, though I have to say if I was standing in a room with the president and Marco Rubio and all these powerful people right now, I still like to think I'd be more inclined to ask about, say, what's going on with all the military action outside of Venezuela than what they think about Taylor Swift.
Though there is no help at all for this CBS reporter.
NEW: CBS reporter Olivia Rinaldi freaks out after finding out that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged, says she feels like "Paul Revere right now."
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 26, 2025
Rinaldi was caught on camera saying 'OMG' 10 times after finding out about the engagement.
Marriage rates are about to… pic.twitter.com/H0SHF3isyq
Anyway, as I said, I wish these two no ill will, but I absolutely dread the media circus this wedding is sure to become. It's okay for fans to be excited, but get a grip. Maybe look at your own life and try to understand why it's so empty that you are this obsessed with another couple doing something people do every day.
By the way, if Ms. Swift is going to call herself an "English teacher" now, she might want to start her lessons at home.
I just gave a squirle a peice of bread and it straight smashed all of it!!!! I had no idea they ate bread like that!! Haha #crazy
— Travis Kelce (@tkelce) April 14, 2011
